scholarly journals The Importance of Nutrition in Hypertension

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fantin ◽  
Macchi ◽  
Giani ◽  
Bissoli

Arterial hypertension (AH) is considered to be one of the most relevant cardiovascular risk factors, and its wide prevalence in all age ranges makes it necessary to analyse all the possible causes and treatments. In this special issue, nutritional interventions are examined either as causes or as treatments of AH. [...]

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 485-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanina S. Kanoore Edul ◽  
Can Ince ◽  
Elisa Estenssoro ◽  
Gonzalo Ferrara ◽  
Yanina Arzani ◽  
...  

Open Medicine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 742-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Shinkov ◽  
Anna-Maria Borissova ◽  
Roussanka Kovatcheva ◽  
Jordan Vlahov ◽  
Lilia Dakovska ◽  
...  

AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and its association with cardiovascular risk factors in an adult Bulgarian population. 2402 subjects were studied, 1347 female, 20–94y (median: 48.0y) and 1055 male, 20–91y (median: 45.5y). Body weight, height, waist circumference, arterial blood pressure, TSH, FT4 and lipids were measured. Known hypothyroidism was reported by 53 subjects (2.2%) and hyperthyroidism by 20 (0.8%). New hypothyroidism was found in 98 (4.1%), [subclinical (3.2%), overt (0.9%)]. New hyperthyroidism was found in 68 (2.9%), [subclinical (2.5%), overt (0.4%)]. New diagnosis of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism was entered in 84% and 87% in male subjects and 60% and 65% in the females respectively. Arterial hypertension was present in 40% of the women and in 47% of the men (p<0.001) and was more prevalent in hypothyroidism. Abdominal obesity and dyslipidemia were more prevalent in males and hypothyroid subjects. Arterial hypertension depended on age, gender and lipid status but not on thyroid function. CHD history depended on thyroid function and age. Conclusion: Most cases of thyroid dysfunction were undiagnosed, especially in the males. CV risk factors were more prevalent in the males with thyroid dysfunction a major determinant of CHD, but not hypertension.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (17) ◽  
pp. 1843-1851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Handschin ◽  
Stefanie Brighenti-Zogg ◽  
Jonas Mundwiler ◽  
Stéphanie Giezendanner ◽  
Claudia Gregoriano ◽  
...  

Aims Few data are available on cardiovascular risk stratification in primary care patients treated for arterial hypertension. This study aimed at evaluating the cardiovascular risk profile of hypertensive patients included into the Swiss Hypertension Cohort Study according to the 2013 European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology Guidelines. Methods The Swiss Hypertension Cohort Study is a prospective, observational study conducted by the Centre for Primary Health Care of the University of Basel from 2006 to 2013. Patients with a diagnosis of arterial hypertension (office blood pressure measurement ≥140/90 mmHg) were enrolled. Office blood pressure measurement, cardiovascular risk factors, subclinical organ damage, diabetes mellitus, and established cardiovascular and renal disease were recorded at baseline and at an annual interval during routine consultations by general practitioners in Switzerland. Results In total, 1003 patients were eligible for analysis (55.6% male, mean age: 64.0 ± 13.2 years). At baseline, 78.5% of patients presented with either more than three additional cardiovascular risk factors, diabetes mellitus or subclinical organ damage, while 44.4% of patients had a high or very high overall cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular risk factors and information about diabetes mellitus, established cardiovascular disease and renal disease were recorded mostly completely, whereas substantial gaps were revealed regarding the assessment of subclinical organ damage. Conclusion The present findings demonstrate that the majority of primary care patients with arterial hypertension bear a substantial number of additional cardiovascular risk factors, subclinical and/or established organ damage. This emphasizes the need for continuous cardiovascular risk stratification and adequate treatment of arterial hypertension in Switzerland.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Nardy Cardoso ◽  
Tânia Arena Moreira Domingues ◽  
Sidnei Seganfredo Silva ◽  
Juliana de Lima Lopes

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Kruglikova ◽  
I. D. Strajesko ◽  
O. N. Tkacheva ◽  
D. U. Akasheva ◽  
E. V. Plokhova ◽  
...  

Aim.To study interrelationship between cardiovascular risk factors and cellular and vascular aging processes. Material and methods. Totally 136 patients were included having no signs of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes 2nd type and receiving no drug therapy, but with one or several risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (smoking, arterial hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, fasting hyperglycemia). The telomere length and telomerase activity was measured by polymerase chain reaction. The thickness of intima-media complex (TIMC) and presence of atherosclerotic plaques (ASP) were measured by duplex scanning of right and left carotid arteries. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) was measured by applanation tonometry. Biochemical tests done by standard.Results.PWV significantly correlated with age, body mass index, glycosilated hemoglobin level, fasting glycemia and telomere length. Presence of ASP and increased TIMC significantly correlated with age, body mass index, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia.Conclusion.Increase of arterial wall stiffness and subclinical atherosclerotic disease have different causes. The level of PWV more linked with carbohydrate metabolism disorder, and TIMC and ASP are linked with lipid disorders.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
T A Mulerova ◽  
S A Maksimov ◽  
A N Chigisova ◽  
M Yu Ogarkov

Objective - to evaluate the association of genetic markers and cardiovascular risk factors with thickening of the intima-media complex among patients with arterial hypertension in the indigenous and non-indigenous population of Mountain Shoriya. Material and methods. The population of Mountain Shoriya in the number of 1409 people was surveyed by a single method (901 people are of indigenous nationality, Shorians, 508 people are non-indigenous 90% of them are Caucasians). Shors are a small Turkic-speaking people. Lipid blood spectrum, fasting plasma glucose, Quetelet index, waist circumference, genetic markers [ACE (I/D, rs4340), AGT (c.803T>C, rs699), AGTR1 (A1166C, rs5186), ADRB1 (p.145A>G, Ser49Gly, rs1801252), ADRA2B (I/D, rs28365031), MTHFR (c.677C>T, Ala222Val, rs1801133) and NOS3 (VNTR, 4b/4a)]. Carotid ultrasound was performed. Hypertension was diagnosed according to the National Guidelines of the Russian Society of Cardiology/the Russian Medical Society on Arterial Hypertension (2010). The study included 226 Shorians and 124 non-indigenous people with arterial hypertension and an increased thickness of the intima-media complex. The control group consisted of individuals with high blood pressure without atherosclerosis of carotid arteries (81 and 66 people, respectively). Results. It was revealed that such risk factors as gender and age are significantly associated with the thickness of the intima-media complex in the shorthand cohort (OR 1.93; 95% CI 1.03-3.62 and OR 20.01; 95% CI 4.79-83.65) and age - in the cohort of representatives of non-indigenous nationality (OR 3.20; 95% CI 1.39-7.36). An important role in the formation of atherosclerosis of carotid arteries in patients with arterial hypertension has a duration of the course of the disease in both ethnic groups, respectively - OR 2.78; 95% CI (1.45-5.33) and OR 4.22; 95% CI (1.97-9.01). A significantly smaller contribution is made by the genetic component: the rs699 polymorphism of the AGT gene, as in the Shorts (OR 3.51; 95% CI 1.10-11.25), and in non-indigenous residents (OR 4.90; 95% CI 1.15-20.92) and polymorphism rs1801133 of the MTHFR gene only in persons of indigenous nationality (OR 10.80; 95% CI 2.35-49.70). Conclusion. Timely establishment of risk factors for subclinical atherosclerosis in hypertension and their correction depending on the national trait will help prevent the progression of the process, reverse it, and reduce the risk of complications, premature disability and mortality.


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